Most Exciting Game

I can’t quite remember right now, that cbssportsline feed is off the hook good. However, I do not know if this is weird or normal, but I might have burned myself out these last two days. All the competitive games are running together in my mind as the same.  I will have to go with Siena v. Ohio State just because I remember the two extra sessions pretty well.   They’re fresh in my mind. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania native Ronald Moore hit two clutch shots at the end of both overtimes that had me hollering for joy.  Shortly thereafter a college basketball watching novice near me said “Darnit Siena, they’re screwing up my bracket!”  I looked at the person and scolded them not for the fact they had Ohio State beating Louisville in the next round, but for the fact they pronounced Siena wrong.

Most Surprising Game

None really… until Cleveland State mooned Wake Forest on Friday night, and I mean mooned. It just so happens I picked Wake to go far, Final Four far, championship runner up far.  Anyways.

The Vikings did everything right

Best Individual Performance

I could go with Nic Wise’s 29, Chase Budinger’s 20 points, 8 boards, 6 feeds and 4 swipes, Ben Woodside’s (NDSU) 37, Sherron Collins 32 and 8 dimes, Chris Wright’s (Dayton) 27 points and 10 boards, Taj Gibson’s 10-10 from the field en route to 24 points (3 swats), Greivis Vasquez’s 27, Marcus Thorton’s (LSU) 30, or Dwayne Anderson’s (Nova) 25 on 9-10 from the field (he averages 8.8ppg), but I’ll go with a performance just too improbable to overlook.  And that’s 35 big ones (10 trifectas) in 36 minutes from Roburt Sallie, 6′5 guard from Memphis, averaging 5.4 ppg in 14.7 min/gm. I think Roburt might ask to have a repeat of the pre-game meal before the Maryland game.

Worst Moment

The WWF smackdown of Blake Griffin during the Oklahoma-Morgan State thrilla.  But it gets better, Morgan State players are seen throwing tantrums after the game.

Game I Cared Most About

Michigan v. Clemson.  Always been a  University of Michigan sports fan, can not put a finger on why, but it is what it is. Maybe living in Michigan all my life has something to do with it, just a guess. It also does not hurt that the fine institution accepted me for the fall of 09′.  Big leagues baby.

A Prediction For Round Two
Western Kentucky over Gonzaga. I like WKU’s wing players as well as 6′9 skinny bean Jeremy Evans (190lbs).

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Round 1 Wrap

Bozeman has been through a lot of crap since becoming the youngest Division I coach to lead a team into the Sweet 16, as he did with California in 1993 at 29.

In 1996 he was fired at California after admitting that he spent $30,000 on travel for two years on two parents so they could see their kid, Jelani Gardner play. The brat later transferred to Pepperdine after he and his gold-digging parents complained about his playing time.

Other violations forced Cal to forfeit the entire 1994-95 season, and all but two games in the 1995-96 season.

Bozeman was even accused of sexual harassment by a student at Cal, but was never charged or arrested.

He was pretty much banned from coaching in the NCAA for eight years. Bozeman spent that time as a scout in the NBA before finally getting another shot at coaching college basketball at Morgan State.

So imagine how good he must feel tonight after leading Morgan State (23-11) to its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship and its first NCAA bid. Bozeman leading another Bears team to the Big Dance after they defeated Norfolk State 83-69 earlier tonight.

As Bozeman cried after seeing his team advance, I’m sure it will occur to him later that this isn’t the first time he’s been there before, and maybe remembering some things from the past won’t be so bad after all.

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Bozeman Gets Some Redemption By Leading Morgan State to its First Ever NCAA Tourney

So remember, read these and then consider yourself more in the know as a result. Plus, make sure to leave the poor sick monkeys alone, they’ve got more problems than Utah State’s strength of schedule (172).

[Are teams finally realizing how to contain Wake Forest hybrid guard Jeff Teague?]

[I share the frustration of March to Madness on this one. Damn Houston Baptist University]

[ k.u.chebag's doing k.u.chebag kinds of things. March 1st should be a blast]

[ Some interesting notes from A Sea of Blue on Kentucky's lackluster contest against Vanderbilt on Wednesday,

"In his last 47 minutes played, Michael Porter has committed nine turnovers, and dished out three assists (he had four turnovers in only 15 minutes of action against Vandy).”

&

“From 14:54 to 13:52 of the first half, Kentucky was whistled for FOUR fouls -- From the 14:52 to 14:21 mark of the second half, UK was again called for FOUR fouls: 1:03 of clock-time = Eight UK fouls"]

[Quiet confidence, likable cockiness, a jumper to die for, the last Curry apple sure didn't fall far from the tree]

[ Back in action for the first time in 13 weeks, UNC freshman Tyler Zeller on what a standing ovation felt like and why he fouled 4 times in 8 minutes]

[The Michigan Wolverines are now firmly back on the bubble thanks to a thorough thrashing of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Thursday evening, a squad going in the wrong direction (in midst of losing 4 of 5). Michigan put up 74 big ones despite only 8 points in 22 minutes from Manny Harris]

[Todd Bozeman currently is the head coach for the MEAC's first place team Morgan State (11-2). Todd has been around the block. He was once regarded as one of America's hot young coaching minds--in 1993 he led the Cal Bears (Jason Kidd) to an upset over Duke in the 2nd round but 3 years later found himself virtually banned from coaching for 10 seasons because he committed a major NCAA no-no. Now coach Bozeman is in the process of turning Morgan State around and in his spare time he dabbles in the blogosphere at Blogging with Doze]

[I don't know what exactly I was thinking at the time, but whatever intuition was seeping throughout my noggin during a muggy day in July certainly wasn't the ideal grade it needed to be]

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Fast Breakin’

5-21 fgs
1-9 3Pt
3 assists

This loss could come back to haunt the Terps on Selection Sunday.

Ever forgotten mosquito repellent when you really needed it?

Yeah, that kind of haunted.

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Greivis Vasquez and the Terps go down